This is a compilation of several threads that I felt deserved to be here. Let me know if you think that there's any threads that I have missed.

Full Guides

How To Multicam Your Rifle >LEO5.0

Airsoft Replica Custom Painting How to >762delivered

Alternative way to paint Digital Camo

Painting Template and Freehand, basic guide

Faux Wood >Bobby Lemain
Tips

Paint?
What kind of paint to use.

Roughening up Plastic for Painting

Preserving Trademarks When Painting


Paint Jobs

ASF's Official Paint Job Thread

If you would like to make a post here with a specific question you feel was not answered in the guide, feel free to do so.

If you have a paint scheme you would like to share and think needs to be on here, post the link. If it's good, I'll add it. Even if it's just a picture and a simple how-to, post it.

This post has been edited by bat21win: Jul 17 2008, 10:05 PM

Thanks for posting this. I am wanting to paint my MP5 A4 OD on the butt stock, foregrip, and pistol grip. Have you ever seen that done?

Yeah, I've done that (except for the pistol grip), to my little brother's mp5-j. You might consider painting the whole lower receiver.

I have seen how people have used string, tape, twigs, and leaves to make patterns on a gun that they have painted, to make it more camoflauged. Maybe I will just go all out. If I do, I will post how I did it and pics as well. Thanks for the advice!!!

A couple of specialty products I use when I paint guns:

Bulldog Adhesion Promoter. This is a spray product that makes the paint adhere better, especially to plastics. You can put it on anything, though. Very light thin even coat, let it tack for 10 minutes, spray your topcoats. Simple.

Duplicolor Self Etching Primer: this is a great flat OD green product that weathers well and gives a great finish.

Rustoleum Chalkboard Paint (in spray). This gives the most durable, rock hard, near flat black finish. Takes a while to dry, but the finish on it is amazing.

My experience comes from years of painting cars, and selling paint products for a living for the past 15 years or so.

if you do that post some pictures, that sounds intresting.

How do I do tigerstripes?

I just used construction paper and cut out tiger stripes, then laid the sheet of paper with the stripes cut out over my
AK 47 RIS. It turned out really neat. I laid a base of tan, then green and brown paint for the stripes.

If using a brush what paint should I use since, krylon spray paint wouldnt make sense.

Thanks, spraying is one of the most important things.
Also very important to balance out the painted parts. And make sure you are positive before you start to paint an area. I only paint areas where I can buy new ones (I.e. new magazine, handguard, stock)

hey any1 want to see my new echo 1 g36 painted tan with black tiger stripes...I think it looks sweet for my first time ever painting a gun myself

hey jotaerre
wanna see my gun

This post has been edited by Black_Wulf: Jun 23 2008, 11:04 AM

hey r u there

This is a forum, not an instant message service, just give the guy a day or two to reply.

Is there anywhere that you can send your gun and it get painted. I'm way to scared to mess up my gun.

Thanks Bat for the collection of panting good-ness

Is there anywhere you can get your gun painted for you?

Great post. These kinds of posts are what's needed on this website. Great job

yo check this new painted utg mp5

Tip for removing crayon from trademarks:

When you preserve the trademarks with crayon, you can use something like goo gone to remove the crayon afterwards. I tried it and it works very nicely. I think it removes grease as well, so if you do this with your gearbox in the gun it may be worth babysitting it with paper towels to keep it from seeping inside. (It may also make you and your gun smell like citrus for a while also. )

It is safe for both plastic and metal. Can also be used to remove the sticker glue from any stickers that may be removed from the gun. (Who wants a bright, metallic warning label on their magwell? I didn't so I took it off and was rewarded with a large, sticky spot of glue that I thought couldn't get off.)

Other tip:

It MAY be possible to preserve laser etched trades. I can fill my ICS trades up with a crayon, but I had to use small circles for it to catch. I'll come back with the results when I finally get some paint.

Question:
Would Krylon's Non-skid paint work well for the foregrip, pistol grip, and stock? I know it says for metal and wood, but could it still be used on plastic?

This post has been edited by some_kid6: Aug 4 2008, 01:57 PM

A paint technique called Ragging, you use tissue, toilet paper, or an old rag etc. You spray the rag with the paint and just dab it on your gun, it makes a really nice camo, and is easy to do. Additionally, you don't have to take apart your gun to just paint certain parts, and you can go around the selector switch, and trademarks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL2RWQJMNkM

Video by DominoNAC, is not mine, and I take no credit for it.

(Yay First Post. )

The digital paint on the mouse looks pretty sloppy.

:a-thumbsup:Could you add this....I worked pretty hard on this

I tried the Goo Gone after I painted. It worked so well it even got rid of the paint I had put on 2 days before!...

I no longer recommend the GooGone method for crayon removal unless you need a paint stripper that smells nice. It did not harm the stock paint, but it took the Krylon Chalkboard paint right off.

I do still recommend it for removing the glue from the warning sticker though.

Great Digital Camo Tutorial

http://questknowledge.com/?p=293

Chalkboard paint? Thats a good one.
You would be much better off with paint that was designed for outdoor surfaces, such as your guns, due to the stress on guns while playing airsoft. I personally use the plastikote camouflage line. The colors are flat, very natural colors, and last, ill post a picture later of the first gun I ever experimented with this on later. works great for touch ups too, especially the flat black for Most ARs which are Matte Black. I use this paint on airsoft and real guns, it last quite a while, very durable, and comes in a spray can

I used 762Delivered method and for my first time I figure I turned out pretty well.... one thing I didn't do was do stripes with the netting.
I used krylon ultra flat.

I was thinking of painting my Echo1 M16. Not quite sure how to go about it. Don't know if I want to paint just the pistol grip, forgrip, and stock, or the whole thing. Any advice?

Do whatever you find is nice looking. If you are looking for it to actually blend in, the whole gun would be appropriate, if you're doing this purely for looks, try whatever you think looks the best.

Due to our field being remotely open, and little way to hide yourself, I just went ahead with a blue tiger.  DSC_0005.JPG ( 47.27K ) Number of downloads: 25